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New ASP.NET MVC3 Routing Tutorial Videos Released
The title says it all … the focus in today’s releases is the Routing system. Frankly, IMHO (beyond just understanding WHY you would want to use ASP.NET MVC) I think Routing and deciding whether or not to go full bore TDD-DDD-Code-First-or-not are the only really two difficult topics to get your head around. Razor is easy (and fun), and there’s a large cadre of classes to learn (there always is) but those are fairly simple to get under your belt. Hopefully in these three videos — if you had any questions about Routing — I’ve been able to help clear it up.
Build Conference Post-Mortem: Metro, Windows Runtime and the App Store
Last week I attended the Build conference. I was graciously invited to attend with all my expenses paid. Originally, I was slated to help host a booth by a team at Microsoft (that shall remain nameless). When this team’s booth was cancelled they still encouraged me to come and see for myself what all the excitement was about.
New ASP.NET MVC 3 Series In Progress
Just released the initial 11 videos (2 hours, 30 minutes) in the ASP.NET MVC 3 series. This first unit, Day 1, explains the basics and walks through a simple scenario co-starring Entity Framework 4.1 Code First features, uses validators on the model to affect the View, uses Razor syntax to modify the View and generally demonstrates a complete spike (albeit, in a small problem domain) through the rich functionality of ASP.NET MVC 3. Members may log-in and download and/or stream these videos.
Silverlight 4.0 Level 1 Series Complete
Just released the final 1 hour, 15 minutes of videos in the Silverlight Level 1 series. This course provides a solid basis upon which to continue on to more advanced topics like binding to data, MVVM, animation and more. Member’s may log-in and download and/or stream these videos.
FTP is Dead. Long live Amazon S3 Downloads.
Two weeks ago we introduced FTPS (FTP Secure). Based on overwhelming feedback, today we’ve switched back to the old-style of downloads — with a few improvements. Each video page has a link at the bottom. (See image below.) Actually, there may be multiple links depending on the resources available. Click that link to download from Amazon S3. No matter where in the world you live, the download should be very fast. The hyperlink is good for a few moments before it expires. We do this to prevent people from posting the direct links to these videos on the internet. bandwidth is EXPENSIVE and we will be proactively disabling accounts that appear to abuse the download privilege. So, I would strongly advise that you DO NOT USE A DOWNLOAD MANAGER otherwise your activity will trigger our abuse profile. Also, again, please help us by not sharing the files with your friends. Each account is licensed for 1 individual. Please help us stay in business and encourage your friends and co-workers to purchase their own license. Thank you.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery … now cut it out!
I think this pic speaks for itself. Ruebel (if, that in fact, is your real name) just write me a note. I’ll sell you a copy (you’ll have to re-license a few bits, but it will cost less than $250) plus tell you ** everything I know about running a profitable site ** for $5000. That’s a STEAL, my friend.
Our 401k Plan for Videos
At the beginning of this year we decided to proactively retire videos. This page explains a bit more about which video series were affected. http://www.learnvisualstudio.net/retire/ This page explains why I don’t just hide or delete the videos completely off the site: http://www.learnvisualstudio.net/why-i-keep-old-pages-around/ The goal is to keep the content fresh and pertinent. Frankly, I didn’t know how to do this in the past and I needed a better way to communicate to clients what I think they should know (and what was covered better elsewhere in a newer series).
Extreme Makeover: LearnVisualStudio.NET Edition
Hey everyone. This post marks our first major website update in several years and the 7th version of the website since 2002. We’ve got new features for members (depending on member level — true streaming, FTP downloads, mass downloads, Q&A). We’ve got new features for non-members (the full text of our most popular C# starter series, a free 10-day trial membership, previews of almost all videos). Ok, so some of it is more finished than other parts, but it’s a work in progress and you can see where we’re going with all of this. It’s been a couple of years in the works, and a lot of work the past two or three months, and a new focus and direction and I’m excited. In upcoming blog posts, I’ll tell you more, but have a look around and enjoy!
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Bob, we love the videos – good presentation & pace. They’re a great way to help beginners get up to speed quickly.Mark Jewett , Senior Manager
SQL Server, Microsoft Corporation